Psalms 85

1 Yahweh, you have been kind to [us people who live in] this land; you have enabled [us] Israeli people to become prosperous again.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

2 You forgave [us], your people, for the sins that we had committed; you pardoned [us] for all our sins [DOU].

You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin.

3 You stopped being angry [with us] and turned away from severely punishing [us].

You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.

4 Now, God, the one who saves/rescues us, (restore us/make us prosperous again) and stop being angry with us!

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

5 (Will you continue to be angry with us forever?/Please do not continue to be angry with us forever.) [DOU, RHQ]

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?

6 Please enable us [RHQ] to prosper again in order that [we], your people, will rejoice about what you [have done for us].

Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

7 Yahweh, by rescuing us [from our troubles/difficulties], show us that you faithfully love us.

Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.

8 I want to listen to what Yahweh [our] God says, because he promises/says that he will enable [us], his people, to live peacefully, if we do not return to doing foolish things.

I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

9 He is surely ready to save/rescue those who revere him, in order that [his] glory/splendor will be seen in our land.

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.

10 [When that happens], he will both faithfully love us and faithfully [do for us what he promised to do] [PRS]; and we will act/behave righteously, and he will give us peace, which will be like a kiss that he gives us.

Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

11 Here on earth, we will (be loyal to/continually believe in) God, and from heaven, God will act justly/fairly [toward us].

Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

12 Yes, Yahweh will do good things [for us], and there will be great harvests in our land.

The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

13 [Yahweh always acts] righteously [PRS, MET]; he acts righteously wherever he goes.

Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.